5.
Historical Water Levels
Anvil Lake
Are the fluctuations
natural or
anthropogenic?
Shell Lake How has lake water
quality responded
to fluctuations?
3 billion gallon diversion What are the best
management options
Fish Lake (diversion, alum,
septic pumping)?

6.
Statewide Lake Water-Level
Monitoring Network:
Objectives:
• Establish a long-term lake-level monitoring network to
evaluate trends/cycles in various regions of the state.
Emphasis will be on relatively natural seepage lakes,
which are most responsive and can give indications of
regional changes in climate and hydrology.
• Establish baseline conditions for environmental studies
and comparison with short-term results.
• Provide information to increase the understanding of
different lake hydrologic systems and how they respond
to climatic drivers.
• Provide a framework and protocols for facilitating lake
water level monitoring by citizen volunteers through the
Citizen Lake Monitoring Network (CLMN) program.

7.
Requirements of a proper
monitoring station:
Coordination and Consistency:
• Water levels must be read in a consistent manor
throughout the year.
• Levels must be run from the gauge to an immovable
datum, so levels remain consistent from year to year.
• Reference points must be established in case the datum
is destroyed.
• A history must be maintained of how a new datum
relates to a prior datum.